գետին

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian գետին (getin).

Pronunciation

Noun

գետին (getin)

  1. ground, earth, soil
    գետնին պառկելgetnin paṙkelto lie on the ground

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Old Armenian

Etymology

Probably related to Hittite 𒌓𒉈𒂊 (ut-ne-e /⁠utnē⁠/, land, country). Martirosyan tentatively derives both from Proto-Indo-European *wédn̥. Ancient Greek οὖδας (oûdas, earth, soil) may also be related.

Noun

գետին (getin)

  1. ground, earth, soil, land, place
    զգետնի, ընդ գետին, ի գետնի, ի գետինzgetni, ənd getin, i getni, i getinon the ground, in the earth
    կորացեալ մտանել/պշնուլ ընդ գետինkoracʻeal mtanel/pšnul ənd getincovered with confusion to look on the ground
    անկեալ ի գետին երկիր պագանելankeal i getin erkir paganelprostrated to worship
    հարկանել զգլուխն ի գետինharkanel zgluxn i getinto knock one's head on the ground
    զարկանիլ, հարկանիլ զգետնիzarkanil, harkanil zgetnito throw oneself violently on the ground
    զարկուցանել, հարկանել զգետնիzarkucʻanel, harkanel zgetnito throw on the ground
    գետնի աղիք/պտուղgetni ałikʻ/ptułearth-worm

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Descendants

  • Armenian: գետին (getin)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գետին”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գետին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 206
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գետին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy